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eMOLT Update 2024-05-10
Weekly Recap
This week, Owen visited the F/V Adventure to upgrade the old eMOLT
system. It did not go as smoothly as planned, but as always, we
appreciate the ingenuity of our partners. 
It’s hard to say whether the software tweak or the presence of the
mallet was the deciding factor, but we got the system up and running, so
we’ll call it a win.
The following vessels remain on our list for system upgrades. If you
aren’t on the list and think you should be, please reach out.
- F/V Brooke C *
- F/V Devocean
- F/V Excalibur
- F/V Fremantle Doctor
- F/V Kaitlyn Victoria
- F/V Kyler C
- F/V Linda Marie
- F/V Nathaniel Lee *
- F/V Noella C
- F/V Princess Scarlett *
- F/V Resolve
- F/V Sao Paulo
- F/V Sea Watcher I
- F/V Tom Slaughter
- F/V Virginia Marie
- F/V Virginia Marise
Next week will be another busy one for the eMOLT team. George is
presenting about eMOLT’s data system to NOAA’s Enterprise Data Working
Group meeting on Wednesday, and our MassTech presentation is Thursday.
The NSF project that has funded much of our recent expansion in the Gulf
of Maine has an all hands meeting from Thursday afternoon through
Saturday. While at that meeting, we’ll be handing off several systems to
Andrew and Chris from UMaine for installations around Boothbay in the
near future.
The ocean in our region remains relatively cool this spring, as
noted by DFO Canada scientists in a recent article from the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation. Closer to home, scientists at SMAST, WHOI,
and the NEFSC report fewer and weaker warm-core rings spinning off the
Gulf Stream than in recent years and some of the coldest bottom temps in
the Gulf of Maine observed since 2009.
Bottom Temperature Forecasts
Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System (NECOFS)


Doppio Bottom Temperature Forecast
Doppio bottom temperature forecasts over the last month have been
pretty close to observations along the Maine coast, on the South Shore
of Massachusetts, and east of New Jersey. Observations were warmer than
forecasts around Plymouth, MA, and along the continental shelf south of
Massachusetts. Observations were cooler than forecasts outside of
Provincetown, and south of Long Island.


Announcements
- On April 30, 2024, BOEM announced its proposal for a first offshore
wind energy auction in the Gulf of Maine and an accompanying a 60-day
public comment period (comments due by July 1, 2024). Public comments
can be submitted here.
Further information about the energy auction as well as in-person and
virtual public hearing scheduled for May and June of 2024 can be found
here.
All the best,
-George and JiM
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